plane crash

Officials say the plane in route to Tulsa from Houston that crashed was owned by a Broken Arrow firm.

The Cessna 421- twin engine plane was registered to HS-Air of Broken Arrow.

The Texas Department of Public Safety  says 64-year-old John Steeper of Broken Arrow was killed in the crash.

While the plane would seat six and a crew of two, Steeper was apparently the only one on board.

Searchers located the wreckage Monday night near Wells, about 140 miles northeast of Houston.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — One person has been killed after an experimental airplane crashed near an airport near Oklahoma City. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Roland Herwig says the Skeeter 1M single-engine plane was on approach to Clarence Page Airport when the aircraft went down about 8:40 a.m. Saturday. Herwig says the pilot was the only person on board, and there were no reports of injuries to anyone on the ground. Oklahoma City Police Lieutenant Jason Samuel says significant damage was done to the aircraft.